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  2. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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    "Sudden acceleration incidents" (SAI) are defined for the purpose of this report as unintended, unexpected, high-power accelerations from a stationary position or a very low initial speed accompanied by an apparent loss of braking effectiveness. In a typical scenario, the incident begins at the moment of shifting to "Drive" or "Reverse" from ...

  3. Intellectual property protection of video games - Wikipedia

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    The video game industry itself is built on the nature of reusing game concepts from prior games to create new gameplay styles but bounded by illegally direct cloning of existing games, and has made defining intellectual property protections difficult since it is not a fixed medium.

  4. Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game) - Wikipedia

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    In addition to digital licenses from Microsoft Store and Steam, the game is also available on the PC version of the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, [12] allowing for the first one-month play of the Standard version of Flight Simulator for just US$1, as opposed to the normal purchase price of US$69, and at US$3.99 for subsequent months ...

  5. Diesel engine runaway - Wikipedia

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    Diesel engine runaway is an occurrence in diesel engines, in which the engine draws extra fuel from an unintended source and overspeeds at higher and higher RPM, producing up to ten times the engine's rated output until destroyed by mechanical failure or bearing seizure due to a lack of lubrication. [1]

  6. Locomotive wheelslip - Wikipedia

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    The greatest effort is required from a locomotive when starting. At this time, if the engineer applies too much power to the wheels (i.e., for a steam locomotive, the engineer opens the regulator too far) the turning force applied to the wheel will greatly exceed the opposing friction force affected by the surface of the rail, and the wheel will turn without being able to move the train forward.

  7. Virtual Console - Wikipedia

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    The Virtual Console [a] was a line of downloadable retro video games for Nintendo's Wii and Wii U home video game consoles and the Nintendo 3DS family of handheld systems. The Virtual Console lineup consisted of titles originally released on past home and handheld consoles and were run in their original forms through software emulation (excluding Game Boy Advance titles on the 3DS and Wii ...

  8. Steam locomotive - Wikipedia

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    A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. [1]: 80 It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point where it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,700 times.

  9. Norton AntiVirus - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Anti-virus software Norton AntiVirus Developer(s) Gen Digital Initial release December 1990 ; 34 years ago (1990-12) Stable release Windows: 22.21.10.40 (November 1, 2021 ; 3 years ago (2021-11-01)) [±] Operating system Microsoft Windows (Windows 95 and later), macOS, Linux Platform x86 ...